30-Year-Old Man Arrested in Connection With Manhattan Subway Derailment
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A 30-year-old Bronx man has been arrested in connection with the Manhattan subway derailment that led to extensive delays and injured three passengers Sunday, the NYPD said.
Demetrius Harvard is charged with reckless endangerment, assault, trespassing and criminal mischief for allegedly throwing construction debris onto the northbound A track at 14th Street shortly after 8 a.m. that morning. Harvard has been under investigation previously for placing a sandbag on the tracks at Fulton Street, according to officials.
In Sunday's case, the train made contact with the debris and the first car derailed. which caused the first car on a subway train to derail upon entering the station.